Ted Cruz to Chair Senate Science Subcommittee

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Was pretty sure when I saw this headline on my feed it was an Onion article... nope.

This is one of those things the people don't really think about, and I know I didn't, but it really seems that a lot of the power resides in getting appointed to these committees. And it's something that people don't get to vote on.

Seems getting the climate-change deniers into government in Australia was just the test run.

This bodes ill for the future of renewables and carbon reduction.

Relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/154/

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